Real Madrid 2-1 Inter Player Ratings: Los Blancos Start UCL Campaign With A Home Win As Grave Mistakes From Inter Make Them Pay Dearly

European nights at the Estadio Bernabéu are always magical, as fans witnessed another scintillating fixture between 15-time champions Real Madrid and reigning Italian champions Inter Milan in matcheweek 1.

Inter Milan started strongly, with Thibaut Courtois called into action in the early minutes by Marcus Thuram. The Nerazzurri looked to be on the front foot, maintaining most of the possession, but a horrendous mistake at the back from Curtis Jones left Yann Aurel Bisseck scrambling while receiving a pass, which was passed neatly through by Brahim Díaz to Kylian Mbappé, and the Frenchman picked up from where he left off last season to put the hosts in the lead in style in the 14th minute.

More errors were to come from the visitors, as goalkeeper Josep Martínez kept delaying a pass out from the back, which was intercepted by captain Federico Valverde, to double the lead for Real Madrid in the 23rd minute without sweating much.

Courtois was on his usual level in the second half, making important saves to keep the score intact. Jude Bellingham and Mbappé both had really good chances to kill the game, but Martínez redeemed himself with gigantic saves to keep the visitors alive in the game.

Inter finally found their way back in the 77th minute, as Lautaro Martínez drove down the right wing to put in a delicious cross for Carlos Augusto, and the midfielder found the back of the net with ease to make things interesting in the final 13 minutes.

Learn the Real Madrid vs Inter Player Ratings below.

Key Takeaways

• Jude Bellingham won the most duels in this game (8).
• Brahim Díaz recorded the most key passes (4).
• Dean Huijsen had the most defensive contributions in this match (13).

Real Madrid Player Ratings vs Inter

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Man of the Match

One of the best strikers in the world currently, Kylian Mbappé was adjudged Sportsdunia's man of the match from Real Madrid vs Inter.

Worst Performer

Marcus Thuram was the worst of the lot in this UCL fixture.